What is it with men and the use of female references?

What is their fascination with personifying (scrap) metal by referring to it as ‘she’/ ‘her’?

Men use “she”“her” in ridiculous ways and situations.

Here’s one I have heard over and over again…….

“I bought this beaut with CC/Horsepower (and all that man talk) and I took her for a drive in the country and did 150k, and she was smooth as a baby.”

I never could understand, still don’t, these sort of references.

Recently I listened with disbelief to a scruffy fellow describing a massive pile of metal, of course moulded to shape, in the form of – A container ship – as ‘she’. Whilst listening, I was thinking, “Give me a break”

Can anything get more nondescript, bulky and uglier than a container ship?

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most female things are referred to as she…
eg. bitch, lioness, hen, etc.

a friend mine… female… her car is a he… she’s named her car and says that its a he…

another friend of mine… male… bought a cisco switch… which was very expensive in 2000… named her nicole… and used to call her g/f and say “i’ve this hot babe in my room and she keeps blinking at me… and its turning me on”…

my car is not a she or a he.. its an it… and its not scrap metal… it blinks… but it doesnt turn me on…

i used to name my computers she… ‘cos they were babes… i stopped doing that… i just use generic name …

i’ve another friend… she claims her macbook to be a she… wanted me to be the godfather… i kinda disowned her (the laptop that is) later on…

oh another friend of mine… she had a name for her water bottle… and it was a he… hmmm

my point is… its not just a male thing to give their toys female characters…